San Francisco, CA
Details
- Dimensions
- 18.25ʺW × 0.1ʺD × 22.5ʺH
- Styles
- Abstract
- Frame Type
- Unframed
- Art Subjects
- Other
- Period
- 1960s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Lithograph
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Condition Notes
- The print is in very good never-framed condition with a faint tape stain on the reverse and a very, very … moreThe print is in very good never-framed condition with a faint tape stain on the reverse and a very, very faint crease in the lower left corner. less
- Description
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This lithograph is by Emerson Woelffer (1914-2003), a noted American abstract artist. The print is untitled, but it depicts a …
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This lithograph is by Emerson Woelffer (1914-2003), a noted American abstract artist. The print is untitled, but it depicts a pair of lips, an image that Woellfer used in a number of works in the 1960s. Here are the details:
Lithograph in colors
22-1/2 x 18-1/4 inches (57.2 x 47.0 cm)
Ed. 42/60
Signed, dated (1968) Lower right
Numbered (42/60) lower left
Inscribed with the blindstamp of the printer and the publisher, lower left
Printed by Ernest DeSoto
Published by Collector's Press, San Francisco
The print is in very good never-framed condition with a faint tape stain on the reverse and a very, very faint crease in the lower left corner.
Self-styled “Abstract Surrealist” Emerson Woelffer was an influential teacher and practitioner of a distinct strand of Abstract Expressionism. Drawing influence from László Moholy-Nagy (for whom he worked for seven years), Willem de Kooning, Robert Motherwell, and Roberto Matta (who encouraged his use of free association), Woelffer developed an abstract style characterized by saturated colors and bold, jagged forms that hinted at symbolism and figuration. “I always work first and think later,” he said. “There is no idea to begin with. I just start and it works or it doesn’t. It’s not about anything like a tree or an apple. ” Woelffer taught at several major American art schools, including a stint at Black Mountain College at the invitation of architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller. “He was an American original, a tender tough guy who turned a lot of people on to the beauty of abstract painting,” said Ed Ruscha, a one-time student of Woelffer who also curated a posthumous retrospective for him in 2003. Source: Artsy less
San Francisco, CA
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